“ | I've got a Ph.D in Horribleness! | „ |
~ Dr. Horrible's catchphrase. |
“ | Killing is not elegant or creative. It's not my style. | „ |
~ Dr. Horrible showing his honorable side. |
Billy, better known as Dr. Horrible, is the titular villainous main protagonist of the 2008 musical comedy-drama miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and its one-shot comic book sequels by Dark Horse Comics.
Despite being a supervillain, Dr. Horrible has better intentions than his ironically more villainous Superhero nemesis known as Captain Hammer. who he rivals with his crush, Penny who she ends up with and seeks to make her his no matter the cause, his second goal is to become part of the Evil League of Evil and rule the world, which he then succeeds but was devastated over the outcome involving the death of his love interest at the hands of his archenemy and his.
He was portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris, who also played Replay in Static Shock, Ray Thompson in Justice League, John Tagman in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Fairy Shoeperson in Sesame Street, DJ Veteran Child in the Saints Row video games, Music Meister in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Dr. Blowhole in The Penguins of Madagascar, Chester Creb in American Horror Story: Freak Show, Count Olaf in the 2017 A Series of Unfortunate Events television series and The Analyst in The Matrix Resurrections.
Biography[]
Before The Events[]
Back in 1986, before the events of the miniseries, there isn't much to Billy’s backstory but where shown in a flashback when he was a young boy that was bullied due to his intelligence. One afternoon, he rushed to see what the other children were going after school, which led him to seeing a showdown between Justice Joe and his enemy, Mister Maniacal. The superhero then addressed a joke towards Mister Maniacal Calling him Einstein which made fun of the famous professor, disappointing Billy, however Maniacal then pulled out a ray and used it towards his opponent successfully as Billy begins to laugh. It then cuts to 20 years later when Dr Horrible then explains to an individual that he Inserted tiny Micro-bombs inside each and every parking meter in the area (in the Guise of U.S Quarters),
Realizing that his plan wasn't working, he then tries to run away. Where he accidentally crashes into Captain Hammer, who thinks that Billy was a random individual, and insisting an autograph. But upon realizing that he is a supervillain he then starts to beat him up, luckily it was cut short until hammer notices Bad Horse, and leaves Billy to set off to go and stop the League of evil, much to Billy's amazement. Upon having an idea at the Laundromat, after watching the outpost, mentioning the death of Justice Joe twenty years ago, having been severely beaten to death by his enemy with a pipe after his ray attack. Billy took inspiration and concocted a formula which granted him the same abilities of his enemy Captain Hammer, However the plan backfired thus leading his sidekick, Moist, into giving him the antidote, reverting Billy to his normal state. Captain Hammer tries to kill Billy by throwing a construction girder at him only for it to be melted by The transmitter Ray, and was thrown into a billboard. He then escapes from Captain Hammer by blowing up all the parking meters, giving him enough time to escape along with Moist, thus beginning his rivalry with the public hero.
Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog[]
He is seen at the beginning recording a blog, explaining about his plans of joining the Evil League of Evil, being not yet accepted by their terms. He also reveals his newly built Freeze-Ray, as device with the ability to stop time. He moves on to reading fan mail. The first one asks about the gold bars which he had stolen, Horrible reveals a bag filled with the liquid of the gold, upon answering this, he then explains his view on the world, a twisted place that will only change once he rebuilds it in his image. He then reads the next letter from a lesser known superhero known by Johnny Snow, annoyed at this, Horrible states that his real nemesis was Captain Hammer. The last letter then explains from a fan, mentioning about Billy's Attraction to Her which then points out, it then cuts to a Song explaining his relationship with the girl of his Dreams and his newly built Freeze Ray.
Afterwards His friend and his own villainous sidekick Moist. As he boasts about his exploits via his blog, he receives a letter from the League's leader, Bad Horse, stating (in the song) that in order to be admitted, Dr. Horrible must commit a show of force explained to him in one of the lyrics of the song ("A murder would be nice, of course"). Of course, he then fails and receives a phone call from Bad Horse saying that the only way to be accepted now is to commit an assassination.
Horrible is initially hesitant, but agrees and plans to pull a heist to steal the Briefcase full of plutonium for his Freeze Ray, he then succeeds in but notices Captain Hammer Pushing Penny Out of the Way, landing on the pile of trash bags of the oncoming Armored Vehicle coming but Billy quickly stops it. he then encounters Captain Hammer at the Laundromat and taunts his identity to him, much to Billy's Horror and explains about his plan to out with Penny out of spite and mentions the truth of why he got his name, Horrible then targets Captain Hammer and creates a Death Ray. After interrupting a press conference where Captain Hammer is speaking, he uses a freeze ray on his nemesis but can't bring himself to pull the trigger. Eventually, the freeze ray shuts down, and Hammer strikes back, he then attempts to use the Ray on Billy, but due to the latter's warnings, the Death Ray to malfunction and explode, causing Captain Hammer to feel pain for the first time, as well as killing Penny in the process, Much to his Grief as he then lifts her lifeless body up and places it at the arms of an ambulance. Although he succeeded in becoming part of the Evil League of Evil, Dr. Horrible was also responsible for the death of the girl of his dreams. Therefore, he got everything he wanted, but lost the one thing he wanted the most.
Dr Horrible: Best Friends Forever:[]
Horrible wears his red Uniform A Sequel Followed up After the Events of Sing-Along Blog, After One of Dr Horrible's Ray's Backfired once again and Turned His enemy Captain Hammer into becoming friendly, he then later tracks him down, finding him giving a couple of kids a Talk about Sex, he then sneaks behind The Captain and Surprises him with Tickets to a Dear Evan Hansen Concert. later the two of them later ride in the Hammer Motorcycle and discusses about The Tickets, Just then, an Alarm Coming from the lab Then Goes off, leading two of them to come and find the intruder, however the intruder is so happens to be the Villainess Hourglass, which the two then agree to help but Hourglass declines them and just needs a tampon, later all of them had a discussion about the abilities of Hourglass's ring which had the ability to time travel, much to the shock of both Captain man and Billy knowing that they could use it and save Penny, However Hourglass then Angrily Denies them into interfiering with events, just then timeworms then appear and attacked the Lab, hourglass then Took the Ring for herself, distracting Billy who then was knocked unconcious into a metal pipe, he then wakes up to see Penny floating around him in a black void and convinces him about how to save earth from the fabrication of reality but then melts after mentioning about her death. Billy Then wakes up and vommands captain Hammer to pick up on of his Rays and gives it to him, he then with the help of hourglass both defeated the Sandworms and sended them back to their home Dimention, Afterwards Billy then Destroys the Device and reverts Captain Hammer into his original self, he then acknowledges him for saving the world but quickly takes the tickets from him and brings hourglass with him to go and see the show as both of them leave, leaving Billy who then had a call from moist who was on a heist with Not Thomas Jefferson on the Run behind the Police and hangs up, looking at a picture of Penny.
Quotes[]
“ | It's a brand new day, yeah the sun is high all the Angels sing because you're gonna die Go ahead and laugh cause I'm a funny guy, Tell everyone Goodbye it's a brand new day. | „ |
~ Dr Horrible Singing in the second act. |
“ | That's the plan, Rule the world, You and me, any day, Love your hair. | „ |
~ Dr Horrible's interest to Penny |
“ | Now that your saviour is still at the grave you're beginning to fear me like caveman fear thunder I still have to wonder can you really hear me, I bring you pain you can suffer quietly, fire up your brain remind your rioting society is slipping, everything slipping away. | „ |
~ Dr Horrible sabotaging the Shelter after temporary freezing his nemesis |
“ | Go ahead run away say it was Horrible, spread the word, tell a friend, tell em the tale, get a pic, do a blog, heroes are over with, Look at him Hammer meet nail, Then I win, then I get everything I ever. All the cash all the fame and social change Anarchy that I run, It's Dr Horrible's turn. You people alll have to learn, this world is going to BURN BURN it's two r's H-O-R-R.. BURN!. | „ |
~ Dr. Horrible terrorising and gloating his supposed victory over having the chance to finally kill his Nemesis, at the effects of his newly built freeze ray. |
Trivia[]
- Dr. Horrible has an unofficial nemesis named Johnny Snow, (who is a parody of Captain Cold from DC Comics) who he doesn't consider to be his enemy and gets annoyed over the latter repeatedly sending emails to come and challenge him.
- Dr Horrible appears on the 2009 Emmy Awards where he hijacks the broadcast and spread his monologue until Captain Hammer intervened, but the two men attempt to fix the internet connection, but to no prevail.
- Despite making blogs about his current schemes, He wasn't considered a real threat to the public.